Airbus, Rolls-Royce & Siemens electric flight partnership

January 1, 2020

Airbus, Rolls-Royce & Siemens electric flight partnership

Airbus, Rolls-Royce, and Siemens have formed a partnership which aims at developing a near-term flight demonstrator which will be a significant step forward in hybrid-electric…

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Helicopter-airplane hybrid: Cora

March 12, 2018

Helicopter-airplane hybrid: Cora

Cora is an electric helicopter-airplane hybrid built by Kitty Hawk, a company that is financed by the founder of Google: Larry Page. The 12 motors…

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First Electric Flight in The Netherlands

October 13, 2017

First Electric Flight in The Netherlands

First electric flight in The Netherlands by Pipistrel Alpha Electro. Source: nos.nl

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Fastest manned electric aircraft: Siemens Extra EA-300 – 330LE

March 23, 2017

Fastest manned electric aircraft: Siemens Extra EA-300 – 330LE

Siemens fitted an Extra EA-300 acrobatic airplane with an electric engine. The plane broke two records. The first for fastest flying electric manned aircraft, at a…

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Solar Impulse II

July 26, 2016

Solar Impulse II

The Solar Impulse II is the successor and improved version of the Solar Impulse I. It was the first electrically driven airplane to circumnavigate the…

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NASA X-57 Maxwell

May 1, 2015

NASA X-57 Maxwell

The NASA X-57 Maxwell is an experimental program from NASA to demonstrate the technology of sustainable aircraft. The plane is a modified Tecnam P2006T aircraft…

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Record-breaking electric manned aircraft: Long ESA

July 19, 2012

Record-breaking electric manned aircraft: Long ESA

In 2013 the Long ESA, a modified version of the Rutan Long-EZ, broke the world speed record for manned electric planes at 326 km/h. The…

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Solar Impulse I

June 26, 2009

Solar Impulse I

The Solar Impulse I is made for one passenger and receives its energy entirely from the sun. It has an automatic take-off system and is…

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Lange Antares

January 1, 2003

Lange Antares

The Lange Antares in one of the first commercially available electric glider aircraft.

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Human- and solar-powered: Solair I and II

August 21, 1983

Human- and solar-powered: Solair I and II

The Solair I was an electric aircraft that was both powered by human muscles and solar panels. The 2499 solar panels provided the plane with…

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First solar powered aircraft: Mauro Solar Riser

April 29, 1979

First solar powered aircraft: Mauro Solar Riser

The Mauro Solar Riser was the first manned ultralight airplane powered by solar energy. The plane was based on the  UFM Easy Riser glider airframe. The…

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First manned electric aircraft: Militky MB-E1

October 23, 1973

First manned electric aircraft: Militky MB-E1

The Militky MB-E1 was a modified version of the HB-3 airframe and the first manned electric aircraft to make a successful flight. The first flight took place…

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